Apply online - North East Business Support Fund

Eligibility.

The North East Business Support Fund provides grants of up to 35% towards business development projects costing between £3,000 and £8,000 (maximum grant value of £2800).

Please note: We are currently able to support businesses based in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham. Unfortunately, at this stage, we are unable to take applications from businesses based in the Tees Valley.

The fund is only able to support certain types of project where external expertise is being purchased to develop the business - capital purchases, printing and advertising costs cannot be funded.

You should be in a position to start your development activity within 60 days of your application being approved.

Completing your application.

Your application for this fund requires some basic financial information about your business as well as details of previous grant funding.

Please scroll down this page to check that you have the required information to hand before you begin and if not, please return to the home page and come back to the form when you have gathered the information you need.

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Please give us more detail about how you heard about the programme, for example the name of the company or the address of the website.

Please tell us the name of the NBSL business adviser (if applicable)

About the business that will claim the grant

Where you are

Business name

Address

Postcode

Website

Who we should contact

Contact name

Job Title

E-mail address

Landline number

Mobile number

Fax number

The type of business

Please select all that are applicable

Private Ltd Co

Franchise

Partnership

Sole Trader

Social Enterprise

Charity

Voluntary

Public Sector

Other

Other business type

Company registration number (if applicable)

VAT number (if applicable)

Business sector

SIC code (if known)

Short description of primary business activity (200 chars left)

Business size

Is your business part of a group i.e. does it own more than a quarter of or is it more than a quarter owned by, another business?
Yes
No

Group details

Holding/subsidiary company name/registration number (if applicable)

Is the total number of staff employed by the group greater than 250?
Yes
No

Is the total turnover for the group more than €50M?
Yes
No

Is the total balance sheet value of the group more than €43M?
Yes
No

Number of paid staff members - Full time equivalents (36+hours) - no unpaid, volunteer, apprentices or agency staff to be included.

Income/turnover per year

Less than €2 Million

Less than €10 Million

Less than €50 Million

More than €50 Million

Balance sheet value

Less than €2 Million

Less than €10 Million

Less than €43 Million

More than €43 Million

Date the business made its first sale

Business Projections

The following section covers the past, current and future performance of your business, and it is vital that these figures are both accurate (for past performance) and realistic (for current and future performance).

The figures for 'Last financial year' must be actual figures from your last completed financial year (ideally figures from the accounts prepared by your accountant). 'This year' relates to the current financial year and 'Next year' relates to the financial year after this.

Please tell us in which month your financial year ends

Please tell us which calendar year your last financial year ended in

Turnover (£)

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Net profit before tax (£)

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Depreciation (£)

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Total wage costs (£)

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Average number of Male FTE employees

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Average number of Female FTE employees

Last financial year (final figures)

Current financial year

Next financial year

Source of business income

Approximate percentage of income from trade to:

General Public

Other businesses

Other

Approximate percentage of income from trade in:

The North East

Rest of the UK

Internationally

Business improvement needs

Please note that the North East Business Support Fund can only support the costs of external expertise, it cannot fund capital purchases (e.g. machinery, computer equipment or software), printing or advertising costs.

Please indicate what your business improvement needs are

Business Planning/Strategy Development

Financial Planning

Process Development/Improvement

Marketing

HR Strategy/Development

Product Development/Improvement

Briefly describe the business improvement project (if known) that you would like NBSL funding to support (400 chars left)

All applicants will have to seek a minimum of 3 quotes for the proposed project (If your application is approved, an NBSL Adviser will be able to guide you through this requirement to seek 3 quotes).

Have you already obtained three quotes for the proposed project?
Yes
No

Click the button to upload any quotes you have obtained - only the following file formats will be accepted - doc, docx, zip and pdf files only

Previous Funding Support

I understand that the North East Business Support Fund project is part financed by the 2014-20 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme, European Regional Development Fund Programme. Therefore the amount of State Aid subsidised support my business may receive is capped.

Has the business received any State Aid funding in the last three years?
No
Yes

Details of previous funding

Please state the currency of the figures below:

Previous Funding (1)

Which organisation provided your support (1)?

Briefly describe the work that the funding supported (1)

How much did you receive (1)?

Date received (1)

Previous Funding (2)

Which organisation provided your support (2)?

Briefly describe the work that the funding supported (2)

How much did you receive (2)?

Date received (2)

Previous Funding (3)

Which organisation provided your support (3)?

Briefly describe the work that the funding supported (3)

How much did you receive (3)?

Date received (3)

Previous Funding (4)

Which organisation provided your support (4)?

Briefly describe the work that the funding supported (4)

How much did you receive (4)?

Date received (4)

Further information about funding your business has received - if you would like to include information about other grants, please do so here

Marketing and Research Contact Permission

NBSL (Northumberland Business Service Ltd) collects data following guidelines within the Data Protection Act 1998.Occasional access is given to partners engaged on our behalf to carry out research (eg: client satisfaction) with the aim of improving our services. We will also provide potential Providers with limited information when sourcing your development solution. By completing this application form, you are giving permission for your details to be given to the relevant funder for reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes only.

For any other contact, in order to comply with legislation we require your permission to keep you informed of our services and those of 3rd party organisations, which we feel appropriate to your needs. Please place a cross in this box if you consent to your details being used for the above marketing and research purposes. You have the right to request at any time that your information is no longer used for marketing by contacting;

Please indicate whether you consent to NBSL using your information for marketing and research purposes
Yes
No

Declaration

I confirm that the information that I have provided in this application form is correct and complete. I understand and accept that if I knowingly withhold information, or provide false or misleading information, this may result in my application being rejected; or if I receive funding as a result that my case will be referred to the appropriate authorities for full investigation.

I have read and understood the above statement:

Thank you for your application to the North East Business Support Fund. We will process your application as soon as possible, but if you have not had any further contact from us within 10 working days, please contact us on 01670 813322.

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Providers

Does your business provide services to North East companies?

If you provide business support services like marketing, business planning, human resources or financial planning find out how you could register with us to offer a grant of up to £2800 to your clients for work that you do for them.